FortiGate-7000 Load balancing commands
config load-balance setting
The mirror-egress option copies (mirrors) all egress packets that match this flow rule and sends them to the
interface specified with the mirror-interface option.
set mirror-interface <interface-name>
The name of the interface to send packets matched by this flow-rule when action is set to mirror-ingress or mirror-
egress.
forward-slot {master | all | load-balance | FPM3 | FPM4 | FPM5 | FPM6}
The worker that you want to forward the traffic that matches this rule to. master forwards the traffic the worker
that is operating as the primary worker (usually the FPM module in slot 3. All means forward the traffic to all
workers. load-balance means use the default load balancing configuration to handle this traffic. FPM3, FPM4,
FPM5 and FPM3 allow you to forward the matching traffic to a specific FPM module. FPM3 is the FPM module in
slot 3. FPM4 is the FPM module in slot for. And so on.
priority <number>
Set the priority of the flow rule in the range 1 (highest priority) to 10 (lowest priority). Higher priority rules are
matched first. You can use the priority to control which rule is matched first if you have overlapping rules.
comment <text>
Optionally add a comment that describes the rule.
config load-balance setting
Use this command to set a wide range of load balancing settings.
config load-balance setting
set gtp-load-balance {disable | enable}
set max-miss-heartbeats <heartbeats>
set max-miss-mgmt-heartbeats <heartbeats>
set weighted-load-balance {disable | enable}
set dp-load-distribution-method {round-robin | src-ip | dst-ip | src-dst-ip | src-ip-
sport | dst-ip-dport | src-dst-ip-sport-dport}
config workers
edit 3
set status enable
set weight 5
end
end
gtp-load-balance {disable | enable}
Enable GTP load balancing for FortiGate-7000 configurations licensed for FortiOS Carrier.
FortiGate-7000
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